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==Registers== | ==Registers== | ||
''Gehiisi'' | |||
*"From home" language used with family and friends. It contains lots of ellipsis in language and variation in pronunciation such as elision. | |||
''Ketisi'' | |||
*"From town" language spoken with less familiar people and in casual conversations. Mainly the basic form of Aoma perhas with a couple of informalities. | |||
''Faar'ro'' | |||
*"Honourful" language is used when discussing (or being allowed to discuss) with someone who is older or member of a higher social class, it is very important to use polite verbs and pronouns as well as full word forms. | |||
''Hakorasa'' | |||
*"Templar" language in which use of polite language, personal pronouns and optative requests is required, and permissive mood is often used by higher people. | |||
*'''Honorific''' clitics ''haa''' + verb-2SG.POL and ''hää''' + verb-2PL.POL are used in front of the verb and/or pronoun to emphasize the status of addressed: ''Sosoltare haaNite?'' (Will You come?) Notice also the lower and upper case letters. | |||
*'''Anti-honorific''' ''öö''' clitic might be used if the higher person is disappointed at you. Sometimes it is used after first person verb as self-anti-honorific together with second person honorifics to express respect even more strongly: | |||
" | "Excuse me, may I speak to Your highness." | ||
*'' | *''Zaurrkomaran, sovokoman'''öö''' wana haaNeteki?'' | ||
**INT-speak.3SG-OPT-AntiHON PN.1SG.FORM HON-PN.2SG.POL.DAT | **bother.3SG-OPT-1SG INT-speak.3SG-OPT-1SG-AntiHON PN.1SG.FORM HON-PN.2SG.POL.DAT | ||
==Examples== | ==Examples== | ||